Plumarella (Verticillata) castellviae Zapata-Guardiola, Lopez-Gonzalez & Gili 2013

• Main Authors: Schejter, L., Genzano, G., Pérez, C. D., Acuña, F., Cordeiro, R. T. S., Silva, R. A., Garese, A., Bremec, C. S.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2020
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Alcyonacea; Primnoidae; Plumarella; Plumarella castellviae; Antarctic; Scotia Sea; Helgoland; Gonzalez; Lopez; Burdwood Bank; Acuña; Antarc*; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4425940; https://zenodo.org/record/4425940

Plumarella (Verticillata) castellviae Zapata-Guardiola, López-González & Gili, 2013 Material examined: BBB 2016: St. 13. PD BB 2017: St. 14; St. 16 (MACN-In 43504). Distribution: At present, P. castellviae , is only known from Sub-Antarctic waters from Tierra del Fuego and the Malvinas Islands to Burdwood bank in the Scotia Sea, between 120–2044 m depth (Zapata-Guardiola et al. 2013). It is here reported off Staten Is. (608 m) and at the MPA Namuncurá II. Remarks: This is the first report of this species after its description (see Zapata-Guardiola et al. 2013). Our specimen was a yellowish, uniplanar, pinnate colony, with five polyps per whorl and eight marginal sclerites with strong terminal thorn. : Published as part of Schejter, L., Genzano, G., Pérez, C. D., Acuña, F., Cordeiro, R. T. S., Silva, R. A., Garese, A. & Bremec, C. S., 2020, Checklist of Benthic Cnidaria in the SW Atlantic Ocean (54 ºS- 56 ºS), pp. 201-239 in Zootaxa 4878 (2) on page 224, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4878.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4424884 : {"references": ["Zapata-Guardiola, R., Lopez-Gonzalez, P. J. & Gili, J. M. (2013) A review of the genus Mirostenella Bayer, 1988 (Octocorallia: Primnoidae) with a description of a new subgenus and species. Helgoland Marine Research, 67, 229 - 240. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10152 - 012 - 0318 - z"]}